Gear quality of + adds +2 to gear power.Gear quality gives the item the following attributes: It is displayed as a +, ++, S, or L after the roman numerals (referred to as the gear level). Gear quality is the term used to refer to the 'upgrade level' of an item. The player can spend cells at the Blacksmith's Legendary Forge to permanently upgrade all the gear quality attribute of all weapons and skills across runs. The gear level of found items will increase based on the number of active Boss Stem Cells.Īdditionally, the gear level of an item will also be affected by where it was found in the biome. A table can be found below with each biome's base gear level.

Each biome has a base gear level value, which is the minimum level an item can be on any given biome. Gear level is indicated by a roman numeral next to an item's name, and is the base gear power of the item.